Paradise Tossed
By John Ladd and Cameron Sabel
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Podcast Description
Each episode, Cameron and John choose a topic from the ever growing world of poetry and technology. They delve a little deeper to show the coolest, funniest, or most captivating part of the story.
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Ep. 11 - The Visual Appetite | Good friend and graphic designer Samantha Williams joins the boys to discuss a number of issues related to design. Sam gives great insight on typography, while Cameron suggests that only WingDings should be used from now on. John tries to discuss the journalistic merits of infographics, but mostly they discuss what's good and bad about various examples. Hilarity ensues. David McCandless' Information is Beautiful | 7/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep. 10 - The Volcano Laureate | All Poets Laureate must live on volcanoes! Cameron and John discuss the life and work of W.S. Merwin, who was recently named the new US Poet Laureate, and share a wishlist for what future poets laureate should be like. John tries to explain to Cameron that Merwin isn't a supervillain, but is in fact a very nice man. On Merwin, from the Post On Merwin, from the Times Merwin at the Poetry Foundation Merwin at the Library of Congress | 7/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep. 9 - The Epic Memory | John and Kate completely geek out over an amazing gentleman who's managed to memorize all of John Milton's Paradise Lost. Kate delights in being able to share geekiness over the Internet. John can't help but make fun of absent Cameron. Paradise Lost Performances - This is Basinger's site, complete with short clips of the performance. And the two articles we referred to: From Neatorama From My Fox Atlanta | 6/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep. 8 - The Commons Ground | Cameron and John talk through how to share poetic work using Creative Commons. Ice clinks in the background, but they swear it's not an alcoholic drink. John discusses the possibility of getting Cameron arrested, or at least suing his pants off. Creative Commons Creative Commons Search Flickr's 'The Commons' Lawrence Lessig's Free Culture Cory Doctorow Jonathan Coulton Nine Inch Nails Virginia Department of Education The White House Flickr Stream | 6/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep. 7 - The Mathematical Mother | John and Cameron launch into a discussion about the value of quantitative analysis in literature. They successfully prove it's not as boring as it sounds. John channels his math teacher mother; Cameron describes his ideal [but entirely made-up] Mothers' Day celebration. Math for Primates Radio Lab - Vanishing Words Quantitative Analysis and Literary Studies [the Hoover essay] | 5/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep. 6 - The Gamer's Catharsis | Cameron and John can't help themselves: they give in to the zeitgeist of the Internet and talk about whether or not video games can be considered art. Along the way they sample bits of literary criticism from Pope, Aristotle, Wordsworth, and Horace. John tries not to get too philosophical. Cameron starts by admonishing Roger Ebert, and winds up admonishing everyone. The Penny Arcade comic that started our discussion From the Definitely Not Art side: Roger Ebert From the Totally Is Art side: Kellee Santiago and her original TEDxUSC talk Alexander Pope's Essay on Criticism [Read this; it's good for you!] And that great Hugh Laurie and Rowan Atkinson sketch John was talking about [Apologies for the Portuguese subtitles, unless you happen to be Portuguese.] | 4/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep. 5 - The Poem Tome | Cameron and John review and explore the Get London Reading iPhone app while discussing the implications augmented reality has for poetry. John is worried we'll all turn into zombies. Cameron tries to break John's iPod. Neither of them want to spend any time with Keanu Reeves. The Get London Reading Website 5 Places For Augmented Reality Poetry: US Edition and European Edition Layar [iPhone and Android app] Google Goggles | 4/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep. 4 - The Typographical Ire | Typography is important to poetry, and John is intent on proving this to Cameron. Cameron is more concerned with stopping people from getting overenthusiastic about a particular typeface. Both of them are amazed by the number of poetic things done with type. Concrete Poetry - Just a little background from Wikipedia about the concept of poetry designed to look like what it describes. Project Focus: The Poetry of the Typography of Poetry - Joel Friedlander talks about what it's like to design a book of poetry without overpowering the poet. Nonsense Poetry and Live Typography: Ursonate - A blog post and video of the nonsense poem we talked about: Kurt Schwitters' Ursonate. The Cruellest Month from For a Beautiful Web - A web-designed reimagining of the typesetting of T.S. Eliot's influential poem 'The Waste Land.' | 3/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep. 3.5 - The Sonnet Sound | As promised, here is the full audio of Kate recording her sonnet 'In Which I Go All Meta Over My iPod for @ParadiseTossed'. This is the recording we used on Monday's show, and everything you heard Kate say there can be heard here, plus a whole lot more iambic goodness! We hope you enjoy this little extra, and we'll see you for the next podcast in two Mondays. | 3/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ep. 3 - The Intuitive Design | John and Cameron explore the similarities and differences between poetry and tech jargon. Cameron goes into regedit and defrags your hard disk. John thinks the phonemes in your use of blank verse are particular significant in this space. [If you know either type of jargon, you're currently enraged.] They get help on this episode from Kate Sherrod, whose sonnet you can find here. And, as promised, some additional jargon resources: The Jargon File The Plain English Campaign The Jargon Wiki Poetry Jargon Booklet for Kids Glossary of Poetic Terms | 3/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 10 Episodes |
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